Legal Opinion
People v. Severance
Michigan Court of Appeals
Decided October 25, 1972No. Docket 12345PublishedCited by 18 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtHolbrook, J.
Defendant Phillip Lawrence Severance was convicted by a jury of rape contrary to MCLA 750.520; MSA 28.788. He was sentenced to prison and is now appealing as of right.
Defendant raises five issues and we deem it necessary to consider only two of these, the others not being of substance.
I
Was it reversible error to allow a police officer to testify that after defendant had been warned of his constitutional rights, he remained silent, despite the absence of objection thereto?
The now-objected-to testimony brought out by the prosecuting attorney on direct examination of police officer Swope is as…
2Cases cited9 opinions
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- People v. BrocatoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1969
- Chapman v. CaliforniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1967
- State v. StuartSupreme Court of Missouri · 1970
- People v. KellyMichigan Supreme Court · 1971
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3Cited by18 opinions
- People v. SwanMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- Younie v. StateCourt of Appeals of Maryland · 1974
- State v. BraggNorth Dakota Supreme Court · 1974
- People v. KremkoMichigan Court of Appeals · 1974
- People v. MinorMichigan Court of Appeals · 1995
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